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Original Job Post

Cloudflare · 2 days ago

Security Architect

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Works out and designs complex security solutions.

Leads projects to implement secure enterprise systems and identifies issues that could compromise data integrity or security.

Develops security policies, procedures, and guidelines and recommends necessary changes to a given project team to ensure the company’s systems are fully compliant with all applicable regulatory requirements and privacy laws.

Creating and implementing enterprise security architecture models

Utilizes open communication and managerial courage to ensure the standards, expectations and goals of the organization are respected and upheld.

Serving as an advisor to engineering and development teams in security best practices and design.

Leads security-related projects from inception to successful completion and is capable of effectively coaching technology staff on appropriate security protocols and needs as they implement new technology into the organization.

Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel.

Having wide-ranging experience, uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways

Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Ensures an organization's security strategy is aligned with companies business goals.

Document and address organization's information security, cybersecurity architecture, and systems security engineering requirements throughout the acquisition life cycle.

Evaluate security architectures and designs to determine the adequacy of security design and architecture proposed

Determine the protection needs (i.e., security controls) for the information system(s) and network(s) and document appropriately.

Qualification

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Security ConceptsNetwork Data AnalysisNetwork Security ProtocolsCybersecurity DevicesData Privacy TechnologiesNetwork Security FrameworksNIST Cybersecurity FrameworkSecure Network ArchitecturesSecure Configuration ManagementSecurity ReviewsRisk Management Plans

Required

10+ years of experience in an IT/Security related field, 5 of which as a security architect.

In-depth understanding of security concepts.

Understand how business, engineering, IT, and security processes align, and how to research, test, and implement solutions to complex objectives.

In depth knowledge of analyzing network data and systems to select the most appropriate control mechanism for the security required.

In depth knowledge of network and security concepts and protocols including network nodes, communications protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, etc.), connection media (wired, wireless), and topologies (bus, star, mesh, etc.), cybersecurity devices and software, secure communications protocols (e.g. IPsec VPN and TLS), and data privacy technologies (classification, encryption, key management, etc.).

In depth knowledge of network security frameworks such as Zero Trust and NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF).

In depth knowledge of network security principles and best practices.

In depth knowledge of designing and managing secure network architectures.

In depth knowledge of secure configuration management processes.

In depth knowledge of security reviews, identifying gaps in security architecture, and developing security risk management plans.